Affiliated Researchers: Evolution

Andrew Read

Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Plasmodium, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Infectious Agent, Malaria Parasite, Virulence

Tanya Renner

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Carnivorous Plants, Carabidae, Evolution, Genomics, Chemical Defense

Tanya Furman

Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, The Pennsylvania State University
Top research keywords: Lava, Lithosphere, Magma, Basalt, Magmatism

Hong Ma

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Arabidopsis, Angiosperm, Meiosis, Angiosperms, Cladistics

Stephen Schaeffer

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Drosophila, Gene Order, Drosophila Pseudoobscura, Chromosome Inversion, Chromosomes

Troy Ott

Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Ovine, Interferon-α (IFN-α), Interferon Tau, Conceptus, Endometrium

Anne Pisor

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Climate Change Adaptation, Moral Judgment, Long-distance Relationships, Evolutionary, Long Distance

Derek Elsworth

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability Evolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, Carbon Dioxide, Shale, Porosity

Jill Hamilton

Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Hybrid Zone, Genetic Divergence, Genetics, Seeds, Evolution

Mark Roberts

Professor, Economics
Top research keywords: Industry, Productivity Change, Export Markets, Price, Productivity Growth

John Mauro

Department Head and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Phase Composition, Aluminosilicate, Glass Transition, Silicate Glass, Glass Transition Temperature

Mark E. Patzkowsky

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Late Ordovician, Middle Ordovician, Ordovician, Mass Extinction, Brachiopod

Mónica Medina

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Coral, Symbiodinium, Symbiont, Microbiome, Reef-building Corals

William Driscoll

Top research keywords: Altruism, Allelopathy, Sociobiology, Eutrophication, Haptophyta

Claude dePamphilis

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Angiosperm, Angiosperms, Parasitic Plant, Parasitic Plants, Cladistics

Richard Alley

Evan Pugh University Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Ice Sheet, Greenland, Antarctic Region, Ice Stream, West Antarctica

Fernando Soto

Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Solid Electrolyte, Density, Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Density Functional Theory

Chris Marone

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Fault Gouge, Fault Zone, Friction, Earthquake, Fault Slip

Amir Sheikhi

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogel, Nanocellulose, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Biomaterial, Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA)

Christian Huber

Assistant Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Genomics, Evolution, Genetic Divergence, Population Genetics, Genetic Variation

Nina Jablonski

Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Skin Pigmentation, Hominidae, Theropithecus, Vitamin D, Ultraviolet Rays

Shimin Liu

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Methane, Shale, Coal Bed Methane, Porosity, Pore Structure

Saurabh Basu

Associate Professor, Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Machining, Plastic Deformation, Microstructure Evolution, Additive Manufacturing

R. Allen Kimel

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Azides, Photosystem II, Stabilized Zirconia, Yttrium Oxide, Chloride

Rudolf Schilder

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Alternative Splicing, Skeletal Muscle, Flight, Troponin T, Flight Muscle

Yashar Mehmani

Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Multiscale, Porosity, Pore Network Model, Porous Media, Pore Level

Sarah Ivory

Associate Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Vegetation, Holocene, Climate Change, Africa, Vegetation Change

Etya Amsalem

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bumblebee, Queen, Bombus Impatiens, Apoidea, Social Insect

Albert Segall

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Transients, Stress State, Thermal Stress, Aluminum Oxide, Thermal Transient

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

Jennifer Macalady

Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Biofilm, Microorganism, Microbial Community, Sulfide, Frasassi Caves

Jared Ali

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivore, Plant Defense, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Natural Enemies, Host Plant

Darrell Velegol

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Colloidal Particles, Electrophoresis, Non-uniformity, Colloidal Particle, Doublet

Xiaofeng Liu

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Earth Surface Sediment Transport, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Free Surface, Suspended Sediment, Hydraulics

Zhen Lei

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: China, Patent Citations, Patent Examination, Citation Network, Academic Innovation

Long-Qing Chen

Hamer Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Phase-field Model, Phase Field, Thin Films, Phase Field Model

Matthew Jones

Research Assistant, Biology
Top research keywords: Aedes Aegypti, Wolbachia, Infectious Agent, Dengue Virus, Virus

Nasim Alem

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Monolayers, Film, Thin Films, Graphene, Heterojunction

Miriam Freedman

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Aerosol Particles, Ammonium Sulfate, Organic Aerosol, Phase Transition, Phase Separation

Greg Barber

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Photonic Crystals, Surface Plasmons, Photonic Crystal, Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells